CLEVELAND – The night before UFC 203, several fighters were trapped in an elevator. Despite his involvement with the strange situation – which led to a fight-cancelling back injury for C.B. Dolloway – Yancy Medeiros kept his cool.

Medeiros (13-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC) brought that cool with him to the cage Saturday night when he finished Sean Spencer (12-6 MMA, 3-5 UFC) with a head kick and choke in the second round.

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The welterweight bout opened the UFC 203 event at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. It streamed on UFC Fight Pass prior to the pay-per-view main card and additional prelims on FS1.

The win came in Medeiros’ first fight since jumping up a weight class to welterweight after a long stint at lightweight. The move proved to be a positive one, and following his win, Medeiros told assembled media he hopes it will establish him as a contender.

“I’ve always felt I’m a versatile fighter and I can switch stances,” Medeiros said. “I train with a good group of guys. I can name them all. I feel like I’m well rounded and the 35 pound cut to 155 wasn’t letting me perform optimally. I wanted to show the UFC and my supporters that I am a well-rounded fighter and I am a contender.”

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As for his time trapped in the elevator, Medeiros compared it to the popular film franchise “Final Destination.”

His biggest worry, he said, was toughing out the situation around a group of fellow fighters.

“Honestly, we were just on the second floor and we were all catching the elevator up and we saw it, like ‘Final Destination,’ just started dropping,” Medeiros said. “Then the outside door closed and it was still going down and the elevator closed. We didn’t know if we were going up or down. We were talking, like, ‘That was crazy.’ And then, bam, we just hit. It was pretty abrupt. Everybody’s eyes and mouths opened when we hit. It was harder than we expected. It was kind of startling, but it was a bunch of men in there so you couldn’t be acting like a girl. Suck it up a little, man up and laugh it out.”

To hear more from Medeiros, check out the video above. Or for the full post-fight interview, click on the video below.